Barclays in talks with US credit card company

Britain's third largest bank, Barclays, is thought to be near to closing a deal to purchase Providian Financial, the US credit card company, in a deal which could be worth $4bn (€3.15bn).

Barclays in talks with US credit card company

Britain's third largest bank, Barclays, is thought to be near to closing a deal to purchase Providian Financial, the US credit card company, in a deal which could be worth $4bn (€3.15bn).

San Francisco-based Providian is one of the 10 biggest credit card lenders in the US.

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